With the Notes widget, you can add text to your start.me page. Use it as a Post-it to quickly jot down a phone number or a name. Or spice it up with Markdown coding to upgrade your note to a regular instruction. This feature is especially useful for shared pages. Here's everything you need to know about our Notes widget.

Instructions:

1. Add a Notes widget
2. Add more Notes
3. Add Markdown to your text
4. Widget menu
5. Resources

1. Add a Notes widget     [back to top]

Instructions:

1. Click the Add icon in the top right corner.
2. Locate the option Notes. Click it.
3. Click Add widget.
4. You will now see an empty Notes widget. 
5. Click Save to confirm. Click cancel to leave the notes widget without changing its content.

You can add as many Notes widget to your page as you'd like. You can note anything you like; however, we advise against jotting down passwords or other sensitive information. Your start.me page is not designed for this feature. We recommend using a dedicated password app, like LastPass or Dashlane. 

2. Add more notes      [back to top]

After adding a Notes widget, you can add more notes. 

Instructions:

1. With your mouse, go to the top right corner of your Notes widget. The More button will appear (three dots).
2. Click the More button to open the Widget menu.
3. Locate the Add Note and click it. The widget will now add a new note to your widget. Start typing to add the information.
   
4. Click Save to confirm. Click cancel to leave the notes widget without changing its content.

To change the titles of your notes, click the pencil icon and click Save title.

3. Add Markdown to your text      [back to top]

You can change the regular text in your notes, by making them bold, Italic, or underline. Just add a simple Markdown command to your text.

• <b> Bold </b>
• <i> Italic </i>
• <u> Underline </u>
• <s> strikethrough </s>
• This is a hyperlink
• Add syntax highlighting with code blocks

Other HTML commands are also supported. Here's an example of the many possibilities Markdown has to offer:

Your text

# Heading

## Sub-heading

### Another deeper heading
 
Paragraphs are separated
by a blank line.

Two spaces at the end of a line leave a  
line break.

Text attributes _italic_, *italic*, __bold__, **bold**
`monospace`, ~~strikethrough~~

Horizontal rule:

---

Bullet list:

  * apples
  * oranges
  * pears

Numbered list:

  1. apples
  2. oranges
  3. pears

A [link](http://example.com).

Result in Notes widget

4. Widget menu     [back to top]

• Edit Notes. Start editing the text and title of your notes widget. Click Done to stop editing.
• Copy the widget to another page. The original widget will remain on the page.
• Move the widget to another page. The original widget will be deleted.
• Display settings. Set the size of the widget: auto, small, medium, or large.
• Change background color and transparency. If you make the widget 100% transparent, you'll only see the search field. You can also apply this setting to all other widgets on your page.
• Delete widget. You'll get a pop-up to ask if you are sure. If your continue, the widget will delete. There is no way to undo this.

5. Resources     [back to top]

• Here's a blog article, announcing the option to stack notes.
• If you want to learn more about Markdown, you can start with this article from our blog: https://blog.start.me/how-to/markdown-bookmark-pages/ 
• We've written a second article about more advanced Markdown features: https://blog.start.me/how-to/markdown-bookmark-pages-bullets-headings/
• And finally, a third article with information about adding emoji and images:
  https://blog.start.me/how-to/add-images-emojis-markdown/
• For the complete syntax of Markdown, check this resource: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax.